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MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 104-118Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-014-9419-0
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Interest; Utility value; Task value; Success expectancies; Perceived competence
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Two studies tested how the effects of a utility value manipulation on interest and performance were moderated by expectations for success. College students learned a new technique for mentally solving multiplication problems with instructions containing task utility information or not. In Study 1 (N = 62), the effect of the utility value information was positive for individuals with high success expectancies, but negative for individuals with low success expectancies. Study 2 (N = 148) examined the causal role of success expectancies by manipulating whether participants received an expectancy boost before receiving the utility manipulation. The results showed further support for the importance of success expectancies in moderating the effect of directly-communicated utility value. The results are discussed in relation to other research on utility value, interest, and expectancy-value models of achievement behavior.
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